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    The surname Cazares

    A surname, carried by 16,134 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C262

    Cazares: #2,254 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cazares #2,254, 16,134 people Cazares: #2,254 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cazares #2,254, 16,134 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cazares is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,134 people named Cazares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,136 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,531.

    #2,254
    rank among US surnames
    16,134
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,861)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,245Dowling16,23819,014
    #2,246Stoner16,20419,054
    #2,247Mattson16,20319,055
    #2,249London16,19519,064
    #2,250Adame16,19319,067
    #2,251Bynum16,16619,098
    #2,252Farias16,15319,114

    Who is named Cazares

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Cazares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Cazaress

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dino Cazares
      American guitarist, born 1966

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cazares

    Cazares has the Soundex code C262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C262.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cazares?
    16,134 people in the United States had the surname Cazares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,136 Americans. It ranked 2,254th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cazares?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Cazares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cazares?
    Dino Cazares, American guitarist.
    Where is the surname Cazares most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cazares in Mexico.
    Is the surname Cazares getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,134 in 2010, up 40%.